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sudo touch /etc/init.d/iptables sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/iptables
sudo gedit /etc/init.d/iptables
#!/bin/sh # see: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=19106 #This is a ubuntu adapted iptables script from gentoo #(http://www.gentoo.org) which was originally distributed # under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 #and was Copyrighted 1999-2004 by the Gentoo Foundation # #This adapted version was intended for and ad-hoc personal #situation and as such no warranty is provided. IPTABLES_SAVE="/etc/default/iptables-rules" SAVE_RESTORE_OPTIONS="-c" SAVE_ON_STOP="yes" checkrules() { if [ ! -f ${IPTABLES_SAVE} ] then echo "Not starting iptables. First create some rules then run" echo "\"/etc/init.d/iptables save\"" return 1 fi } save() { echo "Saving iptables state" /sbin/iptables-save ${SAVE_RESTORE_OPTIONS} > ${IPTABLES_SAVE} } start(){ checkrules || return 1 echo "Loading iptables state and starting firewall" echo -n "Restoring iptables ruleset" # Enable forwarding (if necessary) echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /sbin/iptables-restore -- ${SAVE_RESTORE_OPTIONS} < ${IPTABLES_SAVE} } case "$1" in save) save echo "." ;; start) start echo "." ;; stop) if [ "${SAVE_ON_STOP}" = "yes" ]; then save || exit 1 fi echo -n "Stopping firewall" for a in `cat /proc/net/ip_tables_names`; do /sbin/iptables -F -t $a /sbin/iptables -X -t $a if [ $a == nat ]; then /sbin/iptables -t nat -P PREROUTING ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t nat -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t nat -P OUTPUT ACCEPT elif [ $a == mangle ]; then /sbin/iptables -t mangle -P PREROUTING ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t mangle -P INPUT ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t mangle -P FORWARD ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t mangle -P OUTPUT ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t mangle -P POSTROUTING ACCEPT elif [ $a == filter ]; then /sbin/iptables -t filter -P INPUT ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t filter -P FORWARD ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -t filter -P OUTPUT ACCEPT fi done start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/iptables.pid --exec /sbin/iptables echo "." ;; restart) echo -n "Flushing firewall" for a in `cat /proc/net/ip_tables_names`; do /sbin/iptables -F -t $a /sbin/iptables -X -t $a done; start echo "." ;; *) echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/iptables {start|stop|restart|save}" >&2 exit 1 ;; esac exit 0
sudo update-rc.d iptables start 37 S . stop 37 0 .
/etc/init.d/iptables save
/etc/init.d/iptables restart